This study of the relationship of perceived role to satisfaction with a job presents four plausible models based on the variables role accuracy compliance, performance evaluation, and satisfaction. These models are evaluated by path analysis. Compliance and performance evaluation are shown to be important variables mediating the relationship…

Teachers who are frantically dissecting their curriculum materials into strings of behavioral objectives a yard long or who are under pressure to do so will find sensible advice in this article. (Editor)

Argues for three basic principles in considering instructional materials and curricula that (1) individualization is multidimensional -- a particular package or program can be individualized'' in some ways and not in others; (2) the degree of individualism is found in the usage of materials as well as in their inherent qualities; and (3) all…

Author's concept of accountability goes beyond popular method of relating money to output. Accountability should have a frame of reference as to what happens to students. Directions for science teachers are given to develop measurable output based on this notion of accountability. (PS)

This feature article outlines the concept and procedures followed in establishing performance standards for new emission sources and summarizes the standards that have been established to date. Five source catagories are enumerated: fossil fuel-fired steam generators, municipal incinerators, Portland cement plants, nitric acid plants, and sulfuric…

Purpose of this paper is to identify several critical problems and areas of needed research on the measurement of creativity. The area is surveyed in three general categories: validity, reliability, and usability. (Authors/CB)

Two dimensions of organization size -- unit size and size of parent organization -- are analyzed for independent and joint relationships with various dimensions of organizational behavior and managerial practice. Results suggest that managerial practices of delegation, staffing, and direction vary with size and moderate expected size influences…

Proposes self-directed study and an evaluation and grading system to replace traditional method of grading on the curve. (DS)

The problem seems to deal with two groups of people: those already on the campus who are in such areas as art, music, and the library who may not fit the usual academic pattern of required qualifications; and those who may be in the community and who have a special competence. (Author)

The purposes of the study reported here were: to identify criteria for curriculum development that are crucial, functional, and observable; and to test these criteria in existing school systems. (Author)

As long as the admissions task was to choose a freshman class from a long list of applicants, the problems of unethical practices remained subdued. But the recent advent of competition for students has brought more of the practices of marketing and salesmanship and more demands for their control from the purists. (Author)